You can't move forward until you look back.

The Spirit of God is jealous over us; He doesn't want superficial fellowship, but genuine intimacy.

God is seeking those who hear His call to a life of worship. Those who heed are those who will walk in His presence. They will know Him intimately as He will manifest Himself to them.

If we don’t risk being hurt, we cannot give unconditional love. Unconditional love gives others the right to hurt us.

Our response to an offense determines our future.

When we oppose God's delegated authority, we oppose God Himself.

True humility is absolute obedience and dependence on God. It puts Him first, others second, and ourselves third in all things.

Grace gives us the power to live, and mercy keeps us free from guilt, condemnation, and shame.

An offended heart is the breeding ground of deception.

God doesn't author hardship but uses it to strengthen us for greater conquests. He never leads us into a storm that He doesn't give us the power to overcome.

You don't begin by dehumanizing those who are dehumanizing you, because it contributes to the cycle of dehumanization in the world.

I like to be multi-contextual, which is much more important than being multicultural.

One of the things I love most about Martin Luther King is that he was willing to sacrifice his popularity in favor of his integrity. He was an honest man, and he would tell the truth.

We have a market-driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property.

It takes unbelievable spiritual courage, moral fortitude, to engage in militant nonviolence.

Reelection ought not to be the primary preoccupation of any politician. It ought to be standing up for truth and justice.

When you love people, you give them a priority. You have a sense of urgency about their pain.

Patriarchy is a disease and we are in perennial recovery and relapse. So you have to get up every morning and struggle against it.

When you are fundamentally committed to something that is right, you just decide to go down fighting. Period.